The Jackson City Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chambers at Jackson City Hall, 161 W. Michigan Ave.

The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission and Ella Sharp Park Board of Trustees both have endorsed the recommendation. So did the Metro Parks Oversight Committee, which includes representatives from the city, county and area townships. But county and township officials have opposed ending the working agreement.

Shaffer and the Downtown Development Authority Board are recommending a parking fee increase from $42 to $59 per parking space for owners of downtown businesses to prevent a deficit in the parking system fund.

The Downtown Development Authority also is recommending the city give parking violators only seven days — rather than the current 30 days — before the most expensive penalty in the three-level fine system kicks in. That would mean someone who violates downtown parking time limits and waits eight days to pay the fine would be fined $30 instead of $15.

The fees and fines pay for the parking system so that visitors to downtown don't have to feed meters to park.